Here is what UFT retirees need to know to stay in the know about UFT events and benefits if they are moving away from New York City. Tom Pappas, a “tough as nails” but kind educator and administrator ...

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Teachers of grades 6–12 are eligible to apply for a Toshiba America Foundation grant to help creative educators implement innovative ways of teaching. Grants of $5,000 or more are awarded for STEM ...

Follow along with SHIP Director Pat Rojas as she leads you step by step through filing a copay claim.

The United Federation of Teachers' Delegate Assembly, the union's highest decision-making body, voted Tuesday evening to endorse Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor in the ...

Integrating the arts into the curriculum yields many benefits for students, from building social and emotional skills to developing creative talents and fostering cultural awareness. Incorporating art ...

UFT President Michael Mulgrew said city educators could support a citywide ban on student cell phones provided four key safeguards are part of any new city policy: Educators are not the first or sole ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on July 21, 2021, that all New York City employees, including teachers and other DOE employees, will be required by Sept. 13 to either be vaccinated or participate in ...

We grow up learning that books are important because of the life lessons we absorb from them. But what about the lessons we can learn from our own family stories? What a marvelous feeling it would be ...

The United Federation of Teachers and the office of the Staten Island Borough President, joined by a group of individual plaintiffs, today filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to halt the ...